The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-18

a'ysEered 'hem but hardly could they lift
themselves frola bLcir blankets before they
were struck down by thotonabawk aud the
Indian knife eDcircled their scalps. Frost
was sleeping ii one of the wagons, and was
not at first observed. He saw an Indian
spring from his horse to scalp ii victim, and
took advantage of tho opportunity and
leaped on the Indians horse and dashed off
down the creek. Two puisuers wer,,
quickly on his trail Being without
spurs. the redskins yelling and
sShriekiES like dcnlcns, rapidly gained upon
Euh. His only weapon WIS pistol, and as
tne Indians closed upon him he turned in
MS saddle and fired Tho nearest of his
PursitclS gave his last yell and fell from his
morse. But it was only monlentary adj
vantage, Tor the next instant sharp pain
darted through his shoulder, and he saw an
Indian arrowhead protruding from his
shoulder. With 4 stole carelessncss of pain
often observed by others in later wears. he
broke off the head, and then jerkcd out the
arrow. Hardly had he done so when he
felt crushing blow on his head, anu know
That the tomahawk had fulfilled its mission
when ne came TO his senses the sun was
shining hotly. He put his hand to his head
ana ieit clothed blood and realized that he
had been scalped and that his skull was
broken. Then he remembered crawling to
the creek and attempting to wash the blood
away, and also of creeping back to the camp
ana finding the bodies of his comrades living
dead and scalped. 1t was several weeks be-
fore he again recovered consciousness when
he found himself in the hut of an Indian
squaw, who had nursed him. He learned
from her that none of the party except him
self had escaped. He remained with the
squaw several months until the scalp had
healed about the skull, and at last Joined
passing party bound for California, and
| thus reached Downieville. Upon the skull
IN Or. Chase'S possession is written, August
I, 1891" which the date of Frost's arrival in
Downieville. He was intelligent, and pos
sessed considerable education, but he never
would allow any one to look at his head,
nor would he ever permit a physician to
attend him. Dr.. Chase once requested the
privilege of seeing the wound, but Frost re-
fused, and meyer was attended by a physi-
clan.
Frost had great fondness for strolling
over the hills with his rifle on his shoulder.
10 mention the word Indian" in his pre-
sence would call up cloud of fury in his
face. Frequently he was heard to declare
that no Indian could ever pass out of his
sight alive In those days an Indians life
was not counted for much, and the occa-
sional dead brave found in the woods caused
| no inquiry to be made. In 1861 Frost was
| suddenly stricken with paralysis While he
hoo Oh cuSUU nt WOuHu permit no one 10 re-
| move his hat In three weeks he died
HE was buried next day." said Dr. Chase
to reporter, land the next night a post
| norton examination was held by few ply
slcians of which | was one The cause of
| science knows no law. We saw for the first
time his head. The scalp had been taken OFF
| close down about the ears and forehead
| From this hole in the bone.n pointing to his
| friends head-piece ''protruded fungus
mass. This we shaved off i'll thin slices to a
| depth of about 2 inches, when we found a
| piece of the skull bone about the size of a
silver dollar. 1t had sunken upon the nerves
OF the vital organs thus causing paralysis >
Nearly the entire middle lobe of the brain
! had wasted away, yet Frost was always re-
garded as a man of strong intellect. The
| remarkable popularity of the skull from q
scientific point of view is that the rear is
distended. The bone is bulged out appre-
ciably by an abnormal development of the
brain in this part, which DR.. Chase argues,
nature required to supply the place of the
lost portions Another singular fact is that
the distention of the skull is appreciably
greater on the left side than on the right
in conformity with the fact that more of
the left lobe was destroyed than of the
right. DR.. Chase contends that these facts
show plainly that the upper portion of the
brain being destroyed the lower portions
were developed, and that any one portion
of the brain can perform the functions of
any other. Consequently, he says, the doc
trine of bumps and that certain sections of
the brain control certain faculties is nom
sense.